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Sunday 8 April 1990PGA TourYear in Review
Faldo wins Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia · Thursday 5 to Sunday 8 April 1990 · Nick Faldo’s win no. 4 on the PGA Tour · purse US$1.25 million USD
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 36 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 63° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/8°C · wind 19 km/h WSW, gusts 48 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/14°C · wind 25 km/h WSW, gusts 55 · 4.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R317°/6°C · wind 19 km/h NNW, gusts 40 · 4.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R420°/4°C · wind 14 km/h NE, gusts 33 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- Masters
1934–2026 in our record, 90 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Raymond Floyd USA · 278lost sudden-death playoff at the second extra hole (11th) after hitting his approach into the pond 1990 Masters Tournament - Wikipedia
85 started · cut +4, 49 made it
Same week
Men's major
Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia
3 of 5 researched
Winner
278Total
−10To par
playoff: sudden death (holes 10, 11); beat Raymond Floyd; Hole 10: Faldo par, Floyd par; Hole 11: Faldo par (tap-in), Floyd hit approach into the water; 11Margin
PlayoffDecided
Runner-up: Raymond Floyd
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Faldo | 71 · 72 · 66 · 69 | 278 | −10 |
| 2 | Raymond Floyd | 70 · 68 · 68 · 72 | 278 | −10 |
| T3 | John Huston | 66 · 74 · 68 · 75 | 283 | −5 |
| T3 | Lanny Wadkins | 72 · 73 · 70 · 68 | 283 | −5 |
| 5 | Fred Couples | 74 · 69 · 72 · 69 | 284 | −4 |
| 6 | Jack Nicklaus | 72 · 70 · 69 · 74 | 285 | −3 |
| T7 | Seve Ballesteros | 74 · 73 · 68 · 71 | 286 | −2 |
| T7 | Bill Britton | 68 · 74 · 71 · 73 | 286 | −2 |
| T7 | Bernhard Langer | 70 · 73 · 69 · 74 | 286 | −2 |
| T7 | Scott Simpson | 74 · 71 · 68 · 73 | 286 | −2 |
| T7 | Curtis Strange | 70 · 73 · 71 · 72 | 286 | −2 |
| T7 | Tom Watson | 77 · 71 · 67 · 71 | 286 | −2 |
The golfer
born 1957-07-18, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England; ENG; age 32 that week.
What’s in the bag
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From the papers
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